Nostalgic memories of Rousdon's local history
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I am writing and researching a book, hopefully to be published later this autumn about Rousdon and the peeks. I would be so grateful for any memories any one has of life at Rousdon until the sale in 1937 Please contact me either via this site or on nicolafcampbell@btinternet.com Many thanks
This photo is of what was Allhallows School Rousdon, after the house was sold by the PEEK family, of Peek Frean biscuit fame in about 1935 I believe.
I went to Allhallows in 1944, and left in 1948 but my memories of the school were that
of a difficult time. I remember we had some escaped German POWs supposedly hiding
on the landslip cliffs towards the end of the war.
There was a wonderful ...see more
My great grandmother's sister Frances Ostler/nee Start (died 1889) is buried at Rousdon Church yard with her husband Luke Ostler (died 1916). They have a very strange looking memorial it is a long oak slab with an upright at either end, I have never seen a memorial like it before. It is now very weathered and starting to rot. There is an inscription on the oak slab "I have loved thy house and the ...see more
All Hallows school was started in Honiton - now Honiton Museum - by my father's uncle John Murch and later moved to Lyme Regis. John Murch died in Bournemouth in 1959.
I did get to see my great-grandparents' house at Rousdon Manor (the gamekeeper's cottage), I stayed there for a few days. I came from Australia with my father. I had a great time there. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. It is an experience I will never forget. I loved the history of Lyme Regis and all of Cornwall. My father was watching the 'Antique Roadshow' one night, it was on Rousdon Manor. I ...see more
My sister Margaret and I (nee Rayner) were evacuated to the home and caring of a friend Olive Tuck who had a cottage next to a farm just out of Combpyne. Across the fields where we were allowed to play, was the path to Landslip Cottage. When mum and dad came to visit a special treat was to have afternoon tea at the cottage. To this day I remember a pathway of bright orange nasturtiums, the wooden tables and ...see more
My Greatgrandmother & Greatgrandfather lived at the Landslip Cottage for many years providing cream teas to visiting locals and tourists alike. My own mother married a Gapper born at the bungalow higher up the cliff. The visitors books, in our possession, for the cottage teas read like a script from PG Woodhouse with very reserved English expletives referencing the wasp population. The cottage was ...see more
Hi, I am Louise Brown of Australia. My grandmother Ellen Maud Edwards (married name Jefferis) lived with her parents Samuel and Alice Maud Edwards (Searle), at the cliff Cottage on the Peek Estates around the early 1900's, he was the gamekeeper there. I have a early picture of the house, Lady Peek was very interested in my grandmother, as she was partly deaf. She contributed to her learning ...see more
I was a student at Allhallows in the early 1970's... I have many memories of this unique school, Rousdon and Lyme Regis as well as photos of this wonderful estate, for both its architectural beauty as well as its contribution to the local community... I would love to find out how it is today... I did visit Allhallows with my wife about 15 years ago and found that they had fallen into hard times... this is a terrible ...see more
The cottage used to be called Whitlands Cottages. In 1881 my great grandparents Mr & Mrs French lived at no 3, next door to Mrs Gapper.